Tap and faucet



(No Model.)

11. W. SHAW & 0. 1). v. DAVIS.

TAP AND FAUCET- No. 350,897. Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

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In uenfnr: Mmmfim Mmessefiz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT XV. SHA? AND CHARLES DEXVITT V. DAVIS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TAP AND FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,897, dated October 12,1886. Application filed February 8, 1886. Serial No. 191,230. (X0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ROBERT W. SHAW and CHARLES Dnwrr'r V. DAVIS, citizens of the United States, and residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Tap and Faucet forBeer and other Fermented Liquors, of which the following is a specification.

The first part of our invention relates to a tap clamped to the head of the cask, and having upon its inner end a valve of large area held to its seat by a spring and setscrew, and secondly to a screw-threaded faucet adapted to enter the tap and force outward or backward the valve from its seat, the faucet being de tachable when not in use, all of which will be her eiiiafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a view in section of our improved tap. Fig. 2 is a side view of the faucet. Fig. 3 is a view of the tap and faucet in position. Fig. 4 is adetailed view of the collar, showing the holdingpins.

Upon the inner end of the tap is casta large stationary collar, A, within which is formed a countersunk depression or seat, B, for the valve C. To the outer face of the valve is cast a lug or projection, D, through which a transverse slot, E, is made, and in which a fiat spring, F, is placed, with the ends thereof resting in the projecting slotted lugs or ears G, upon the edge of the collar A, which holds the valve C to its seat in the said collar. A set-screw, H, passes through the lug D, and bears upon the fiat spring, which keeps the valve true to its center and admits of its being raised up from its seat a greater or lesser distance from its inner face by the tightening or loosening of the set-screw. The valve is slightly tapered inwardly or downwardly, and the edge of the upper face is pierced with three or more half-oval tapering ports, I.

From the inner face of the stationary collar A to near the center of the barrel of the tap is a plane surface, and from thence to the outer end is cut a screw-thread to receive a threaded collar, J, and between this movable collar and stationary collar the head of the barrel or cask it and permits the beer to pass out around the head of the valve and down upon the countersunk seat in a thin stream, and enter the tap and connecting fauc et, in which position the faucet is held to the end of the tap by a sci:ew-collar, M, which prevents all leakage or movement of the parts. A screw-cap, O, is placed over the end of the bushing when the faucet is not in use.

It should here be observed that the faucet is only employed when drawing from the cask,

as it can be removed at any time when not in use, acting as a key as well as a faucet to open and close the valve in the tap, and one faucet only need be employed for any number of casks of the liquor or beer.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

The combination of the tapering plug or valve having its seat in a countersunk depression in the head of the tap, the flat spring, the set-screw, and the screw-threaded faucet with its collar provided with pins and operating within the bushing of the tap to open and close the valve in the end of the tap, sub- 8 stantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands and seals.

ROBERT \V. SHAW". [L.s.] CHAS. DEWITT V. DAVIS. LL. s] \Vitnesses:

C. W. M. SMITH, Quits. D. W HEAT. 

